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Re-exam inspection results updatedWritten on 17.10.24 by Deborah Dormah Kanubala Dear ML students, We have carefully considered all of your comments and have made adjustments where necessary. The grades in CMS have been updated. Your final grade will soon be uploaded to LSF. We hope you enjoyed the course and wish you the best for your future endeavours. Best, ML Team |
Grades of Re-exam visible nowWritten on 10.10.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, We have now made public the graded of the re-exam, and thus the final grades, as well. Please remember that the inspection will take place next Monday 14th of October at 3pm at Lecture hall 002 in E1 3. Please come to the inspection before 4.30pm and bring your student ID. Also be… Read more Dear all, We have now made public the graded of the re-exam, and thus the final grades, as well. Please remember that the inspection will take place next Monday 14th of October at 3pm at Lecture hall 002 in E1 3. Please come to the inspection before 4.30pm and bring your student ID. Also be informed that unfortunately we unable offer alternative slots for those that can't make it. Best regards, Prof. Isabel Valera
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Change in Time for ML Re-Exams InspectionWritten on 09.10.24 by Deborah Dormah Kanubala Dear ML Students, The time for the ML re-exam inspection has been changed. We will now begin at 15:00 - 17:30. Please try to be there by latest by 16:30. The venue and date remain the same. Regards, ML Team |
ML Re-Exams Inspection InformationWritten on 07.10.24 by Deborah Dormah Kanubala Dear ML Students, The ML re-exam inspection will take place on the 14th of October, 2024 starting at 14:00. Please be there no later than 15:30. Location: Lecture hall 002 in E1 3 Regards, Your ML Team
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Reminder to complete Re-Exams RegistrationsWritten on 23.09.24 by Deborah Dormah Kanubala Dear ML Students, Please disregard this message if you have already registered for the ML Re-Exams or do not intend to take them. For all other students, please ensure that you complete the re-exam registrations via LSF/HISPOS by the end of today, September 23rd. If you encounter any issues with… Read more Dear ML Students, Please disregard this message if you have already registered for the ML Re-Exams or do not intend to take them. For all other students, please ensure that you complete the re-exam registrations via LSF/HISPOS by the end of today, September 23rd. If you encounter any issues with registering through LSF/HISPOS, please send an email (including your full name, study program, and matriculation number) to nweis@cs.uni-saarland.de before the end of today, September 23rd, and we will manually register you. No additional CMS registration is required for the re-exam. Date of Re-exams: 30th September 2024 Time: 14:00 Venue: GHH and L002 in E1.3 We look forward to seeing you on Monday and wish you all the best. Regards, ML Team |
Grades uploaded to LSF and re-exam registration openedWritten on 12.09.24 by Deborah Dormah Kanubala Dear ML students, Your course grades have now been uploaded to LSF. You can now register for the re-exam, which is scheduled for 30th September at 14:00. Please complete your registration via LSF/HISPOS by September 23rd. If you encounter any issues with registering through LSF/HISPOS, kindly send… Read more Dear ML students, Your course grades have now been uploaded to LSF. You can now register for the re-exam, which is scheduled for 30th September at 14:00. Please complete your registration via LSF/HISPOS by September 23rd. If you encounter any issues with registering through LSF/HISPOS, kindly send an email (including your full name, study program, and matriculation number) to nweis@cs.uni-saarland.de before September 23rd, and we will manually register you. No additional CMS registration is required for the re-exam.
Best regards, ML Team |
ML exam grades available (with project report grade and final leaderboard)Written on 02.09.24 (last change on 02.09.24) by Deborah Dormah Kanubala Dear ML Students, We have uploaded your grades for both the exam and project reports, as well as the resulting overall course grade, which includes any bonus points received from the project challenge. On your personal status page, under "Tests and Exams", you will find the following in this… Read more Dear ML Students, We have uploaded your grades for both the exam and project reports, as well as the resulting overall course grade, which includes any bonus points received from the project challenge. On your personal status page, under "Tests and Exams", you will find the following in this order:
Under "Gradings", you will see your final resulting grade for the course. The re-exam will be held on September 30th at 14:00. More details will be shared soon. Kind Regards, ML Team
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Deadline extension for Healthcare projectWritten on 19.08.24 by Isabel Valera Dear students, this is to inform you that the project deadline has been extended to Friday at 23:59, as a problem with the leader board was detected recently. We will keep updating the leaderboard until the deadline. Remember that you need to upload your report PDF AND your challenge… Read more Dear students, this is to inform you that the project deadline has been extended to Friday at 23:59, as a problem with the leader board was detected recently. We will keep updating the leaderboard until the deadline. Remember that you need to upload your report PDF AND your challenge predictions before then. We will not accept any late submissions. Make sure to upload your challenge predictions (for the test_private.csv data) to the correct submission ("Healthcare predictions CHALLENGE") and make sure to name the files correctly, as is explained in the notebook. Best, ML Team |
Results after inspection released, re-exam informationWritten on 17.08.24 by Jonas Klesen Dear students, we have carefully considered all of your remarks and have adjusted some points where appropriate. The grades in CMS are now updated. Once we have corrected your project reports, your final grade will be uploaded to LSF. It will then also be possible to register for the re-exam. We… Read more Dear students, we have carefully considered all of your remarks and have adjusted some points where appropriate. The grades in CMS are now updated. Once we have corrected your project reports, your final grade will be uploaded to LSF. It will then also be possible to register for the re-exam. We will keep you informed. The re-exam will take place on September 30th, 2pm - 5pm. More details will be published soon.
Best, ML Team |
Main exam results releasedWritten on 08.08.24 by Jonas Klesen Dear ML students, we have just released the results of the main exam, you can find them on your "Personal Status" page. Inspection details: Best regards, |
Project: private test data released | Inspection of the main examWritten on 07.08.24 by Jonas Klesen Dear ML students,
Dear ML students,
We will continue to update the leaderboard until the final deadline, of course, still with the public test data as before. To update your predictions for the leaderboard, upload them to the same old submission, i.e. "Healthcare project predictions (for leaderboard)".
As previously announced, the inspection of the main exam will take place on Tuesday, the 13th of August, 09:30-12:00, at the GHH. Grades of the main exam will be released soon.
Best regards, |
Instructions of ML exam on Monday, August 5Written on 01.08.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, Please find below the instructions for the ML exam, that will take place next Monday, 5th of August, at 2pm at the Günter-Hotz Lecture hall (GHH). Please be on time! Instructions:
Dear all, Please find below the instructions for the ML exam, that will take place next Monday, 5th of August, at 2pm at the Günter-Hotz Lecture hall (GHH). Please be on time! Instructions:
Best regards, ML team
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Correcting error from yesterday's lecture on dimensionality reductionWritten on 26.07.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, I made yesterday a mistake in class that we have now corrected in the forum: https://mlforum.cs.uni-saarland.de/t/sheet-4-exercise-5-ica-vs-whitening-vs-pca-exam-2021-exercise-4-c/951?u=ivalera My apologies for the confusion! Isabel Valera |
Correcting error from yesterday's lecture on dimensionality reductionWritten on 26.07.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, I made yesterday a mistake in class that we have now corrected in the forum: https://mlforum.cs.uni-saarland.de/t/sheet-4-exercise-5-ica-vs-whitening-vs-pca-exam-2021-exercise-4-c/951?u=ivalera My apologies for the confusion! Isabel Valera |
Correcting error from yesterday's lecture on dimensionality reductionWritten on 26.07.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, I made yesterday a mistake in class that we have now corrected in the forum: https://mlforum.cs.uni-saarland.de/t/sheet-4-exercise-5-ica-vs-whitening-vs-pca-exam-2021-exercise-4-c/951?u=ivalera My apologies for the confusion! Isabel Valera |
ML exam information [Update: changed e-mail for manual registration]Written on 11.07.24 (last change on 18.07.24) by Jonas Klesen [Edit] The e-mail to write to in case you cannot register by LSF/HISPOS has changed. If you wrote an e-mail to Natalia already, please send another one to the new one. ------------------------------------------------- Dear ML students,
[Edit] The e-mail to write to in case you cannot register by LSF/HISPOS has changed. If you wrote an e-mail to Natalia already, please send another one to the new one. ------------------------------------------------- Dear ML students,
In order to take the exam, you MUST register via LSF/HISPOS by July 29th (i.e., one week before the exam date). In case that registration via LSF/HISPOS is not possible for you (and only in that case), please send an email (with your full name, study program and matriculation number) to s8jokles@stud.uni-saarland.de before July 29th, so that we can register you manually. No additional CMS registration is required for the exam.
The exam inspection will be on 13th of August, 09:30-12:30. We will post another news after results have been released to remind you of this.
Best regards, ML Team
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Today's lecture starting at 12:30pmWritten on 11.07.24 (last change on 11.07.24) by Isabel Valera Dear all, The lecture of today will start with 15minutes delay. Best regards, Isabel Valera
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Today's later starting at 12:30pmWritten on 11.07.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, The lecture of today will start with 15minutes delay. Best regards, Isabel Valera
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Recordings of Lecture 1-8Written on 10.07.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, As several of you noticed, the links of the lecture recordings for lectures 1-8 had expired. We have now made them available again under the following link expiring (due to University policies) on August 9, 2024. I will the create a new link for the re-exam preparation. Our apologies… Read more Dear all, As several of you noticed, the links of the lecture recordings for lectures 1-8 had expired. We have now made them available again under the following link expiring (due to University policies) on August 9, 2024. I will the create a new link for the re-exam preparation. Our apologies for the inconveniences and best regards, Isabel Valera
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Lecture on July 1st will take place in E1.3, Lecture hall IIIWritten on 26.06.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all,
I have been informed that due to urgent renovations on the GH lecture hall, our lecture next Monday (July 1st) will be moved to E1.3, Lecture Hall III.
See you all there, Isabel Valera |
Project team registration extendedWritten on 20.06.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, Some of you informed us about missing the deadline for registration of teams, so we have reopened until Sunday night. Further extensions will not be consider so do register ASAP. Best regards, Isabel |
Project team registration extendedWritten on 20.06.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, Some of you informed us about missing the deadline for registration of teams, so we have reopened until Sunday night. Further extensions will not be consider so do register ASAP. Best regards, Isabel |
Project team registration extendedWritten on 20.06.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, Some of you informed us about missing the deadline for registration of teams, so we have reopened until Sunday night. Further extensions will not be consider so do register ASAP. Best regards, Isabel |
Evaluation of the courseWritten on 19.06.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, It is time for you to evaluate us. So if you are attending the lectures and tutorials, please share your (constructive) opinion about the course by July 17th. To evaluate the lecture please use this link: https://qualis.uni-saarland.de/eva/?l=1494721&p=hqwkyj To evaluate the… Read more Dear all, It is time for you to evaluate us. So if you are attending the lectures and tutorials, please share your (constructive) opinion about the course by July 17th. To evaluate the lecture please use this link: https://qualis.uni-saarland.de/eva/?l=1494721&p=hqwkyj To evaluate the tutorials please use this link: https://qualis.uni-saarland.de/eva/?l=1494722&p=qlbsno Many thanks for your support to further improve the course, Prof. Isabel Valera
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Project released!Written on 27.05.24 by Jonas Klesen Dear ML students, In today's lecture, the project was presented. The lecture was recorded, and you can find the recording here (passcode: CP^wu1^W).
- Participation is voluntary, but highly encouraged! Dear ML students, In today's lecture, the project was presented. The lecture was recorded, and you can find the recording here (passcode: CP^wu1^W).
- Participation is voluntary, but highly encouraged! Have fun working on the project! :-) Best, |
Slight change in scheduleWritten on 14.05.24 by Jonas Klesen Dear ML students, due to the cancellation of yesterdays lecture, we have now slightly adjusted the schedule. The lecture planned for yesterday will be given on Thursday, and the lecture planned for Thursday will be held on the 23rd of May, replacing the Q&A session. We will have another Q&A… Read more Dear ML students, due to the cancellation of yesterdays lecture, we have now slightly adjusted the schedule. The lecture planned for yesterday will be given on Thursday, and the lecture planned for Thursday will be held on the 23rd of May, replacing the Q&A session. We will have another Q&A session at the end of the lecture period. Beyond that, you are always welcome to ask any and all questions, e.g. in the help tutorials or in the forum.
Best, ML Team |
Lectura today cancelledWritten on 13.05.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all,
Due to illness I am afraid I need to cancel today's lecture.
I'll see you all on Thursday, Prof Isabel Valera |
Lectura today cancelledWritten on 13.05.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all,
Due to illness I am afraid I need to cancel today's lecture.
I'll see you all on Thursday, Prof Isabel Valera |
Lectura today cancelledWritten on 13.05.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all,
Due to illness I am afraid I need to cancel today's lecture.
I'll see you all on Thursday, Prof Isabel Valera |
Forum for Q&A session on May 23Written on 10.05.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, I have now created a forum channel where you can add your questions (e.g., about specific derivations) about the lectures so far so that I can address (a subset of) them during the Q&A session on May 23rd. Looking forward to your questions, Prof. Valera |
Video recordings of previous lectures now available in the material page!Written on 26.04.24 by Isabel Valera The video recording of past lectures are now available in the material page. You just need to click on the links provided as description to the lecture slides. Have a nice weekend, Prof. Valera |
First lecture happening today at 12:15 at Günter-Hotz lecture hallWritten on 18.04.24 by Isabel Valera Dear all, The Introductory lecture to ML core course will be happening TODAY at noon. You can join the lecture either in person (preferred option) or via Zoom. In addition, due to several requests, the lectures will be recorded and shared with the students via CMS! See you soon, Prof.… Read more Dear all, The Introductory lecture to ML core course will be happening TODAY at noon. You can join the lecture either in person (preferred option) or via Zoom. In addition, due to several requests, the lectures will be recorded and shared with the students via CMS! See you soon, Prof. Isabel Valera
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Schedule, exam dates and first materials releasedWritten on 21.03.24 (last change on 21.03.24) by Jonas Klesen Dear ML students, welcome to this year's iteration of the ML core lecture! We have just uploaded a tentative schedule, the exam dates, the tutorial timeslots, as well as some materials with which you may refresh your prerequisite knowledge for the course. The first lecture will be on April 18th… Read more Dear ML students, welcome to this year's iteration of the ML core lecture! We have just uploaded a tentative schedule, the exam dates, the tutorial timeslots, as well as some materials with which you may refresh your prerequisite knowledge for the course. The first lecture will be on April 18th and cover course logistics and an introduction to the topic.
Best, |
Machine Learning
In this course we will introduce the foundations of machine learning (ML). In particular, we will focus on understanding the theoretical aspects of ML that have made ML successful in a wide range of applications such as bioinformatics, computer vision, information retrieval, computer linguistics, robotics, etc.
The course gives a broad introduction into machine learning methods from a theoretical point of view. After the lecture the students should be able to solve and analyze learning problems. The lecture is based on the previous machine learning courses offered by Matthias Hein and Peter Ochs.
The tentative list of topics cover:
- Probability theory
- Maximum Likelihood/Maximum A Posteriori Estimators
- Bayesian decision theory
- Linear classification and regression
- Model selection and evaluation
- Convex Optimization
- Kernel methods
- Societal Impact of Machine Learning
- Unsupervised learning (Clustering, Dimensionality Reduction)
- Introduction to Deep Learning
Prerequisites: The course is targeted to students in computer science, bioinformatics, math, and related areas with a mathematical background. Students should know linear algebra and have good basic knowledge of statistics, for example by having taken Mathematics for Computer Scientists I and II (for linear algebra) and Statistics Lab or Mathematics for Computer Scientists III (for statistics). In addition, prior attendance to machine learning related courses, e.g., Elements of Machine Learning, is considered as additional useful background.
Organizational Information
Lectures:
Mondays 14:15h at Building E2.2 -- Günter-Hotz Lecture hall I (0.01) &
Thursdays at 12:15h at Building E2.2 -- Günter-Hotz Lecture hall I (0.01)
Zoom link to join the lectures online (lectures will be recorded and shared with students):
Meeting ID: 822 9140 8214
Passcode: 889008
Lectures will start on April 18th!
Tutorials (to pick between):
Wednesday, 12-14 in Günter-Hotz Lecture hall (0.01 of E2.2)
Thursday, 16-18 in lecture hall 003 of E1 3
Friday, 10-12 in lecture hall 003 of E1 3
Exams:
Main exam: August 5th from 2 pm - 5 pm
Re-exam: September 30th 2 pm - 5 m
Schedule:
Bibliography
[Bishop] Bishop, C. M. Pattern recognition and machine learning. Springer, 2006
[DSH] Duda, R. O., Hart, P.E., and Stork, D.G. Pattern classification (2nd edition). Wiley-Interscience 2000
[Boyd] Boyd, S., Boyd, S. P., and Vandenberghe, L. . Convex optimization. Cambridge university press, 2004
[eML] Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., and Friedman, J. The Elements of Statistical Learning. Springer, 2009.
[Kernels] Smola, A. J., & Schölkopf, B. Learning with kernels. GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik, 1998.
[DL] Goodfellow, I., Courville, A., and Bengio, Y. Deep learning. MIT press, 2016.
[DL] Simon J.D. Prince Understanding Deep Learning. MIT press, 2023.